Recs if you like Everything Is Fine Here...
these titles are complete sentences!
Reading the Queer World: Africa
Literary fiction, historical fiction, memoirs, and/or poetry by queer authors from nations in Africa, set in the nation. Not every nation is represented yet—I'm still researching them! Keeping it at maximum 3 books per nation.
Cameroon: These Letters End in Tears Egypt: Shubeik Lubeik; In the Spider's Room Equatorial Guinea: La Bastarda Ethiopia: The History of a Difficult Child Ghana: No One Dies Yet; Before We Hit the Ground* Kenya: Stories of our Lives; For What are Butterflies Without Their Wings Morocco: Infidels Nigeria: Under the Udala Trees; Butter Honey Pig Bread; An Ordinary Wonder Somalia: Fairytales for Lost Children South Africa: They Called Me Queer; A Soft Landing; The Quiet Violence of Dreams Uganda: Everything is Fine Here Zambia: The Lions' Den Zimbabwe: The Hairdresser of Harare
(*) diaspora author
CBC Canada Reads 2026 Longlist
These are the books that were chosen for the longlist for CBC Canada Reads.
Read the North 🇨🇦
Celebrating Canadian authors, with an emphasis on fiction. I'm also trying to include a lot of Indigenous authors in this list! Open to suggestions.
